The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, March 6, 1897, Page 1

Our Successful Business All run advertisements the entire ear, Their experience teaches em that one time advertising does not pay. VOLUME 1—NUMBER 151 Dire Disaster Follows Fast And sb al Faster. WILC” MAKE WAR, would hear from it later, and that he was not indicted he would 8 | from it later. but Sheriff Little whipped the he reached his intended GRAVE 2D An Exciting Ti ata Faneral a Oak Grove, antagonist JAPAN An unusual scene took place in Oak Grove day before yesterday The remains of John Randolph, plumber, were taken out to be terred, The ground was wet, the rain had been falling for several hours. Just as the few present started to lower +} the coflin into the ground a newly dug grave next to it caved in, and it required over two hours to cover up the coffin, owing to the enormous size grave bad reached A LUNATIC, George Hines Becomes Insane For the Second Time. a The New Cabinet swo Hay Goes to Londe OREGON SENATOR TO BE APPOINTED. Yokohan March 6.—The goy- ernment of Japan has sent a number] of war vessels. to the Philippine Jands and it is said a crash with Spanish is certain, It is stated she will subjugate the islands and drive the Spanish out. ‘There seems little doubt that Spain has another war on her hands, SWORN IN THIS MORNING, Members of the Cabinet Take the Oath of Office. Washington, March 6.—The mem- bers of the president's cabinet took the oath of office and entered upon their respective duties, having been confirmed by the Senate yesterday. He Is Brought to the City Fre Massac For Trial eorge Hines, ® young man about years of age, living near Massac, this county, was brought to the city this morning by his father, Alex) Hines, and brother, George Hines, to be tried for lunacy. The afflicted young man was all right until one week ago, when his mind suddenly y- and he grew more and more vicious, Greenville, Ky., March 6.—There| until yesterday, when it was deemed fs unusual interest. and not a little] expedient to take steps towards con- excitement in this county today over| fining bim Republican conventions being held His halluciation seems to be noth- throughout this county, for the nomi-[ing in particular, One _ peculiar nation of county and — legislative thing about his dementia is that be tickets. never changes a subject after he once gets to conversing on it, unless the person to whom he ix talking forces a| change. | Will Arrive In London at Easter] He was adjudged insane several Tide. years ago and sent to Hopkinsville, | but seven years ago was discharged | ondon, March 6.—It is stated in}as cured, and was apparently all government circles that Col. Jobo} right until last Saturday. . the new minister to the court Young Hines was taken before] . James will arrive in London|County Judge Tully this afternoon Faster. Col. Hay will be re-]and tried for lunacy. Attorney Ford ceived with distinguished honor, hav-| represented County Attorney Houser iog already an excellent standing in} and the young man was adjudged in- | London society. sane and ordered to Hopkinsville. | His father and brother will take him. During the trial young Hines be- Governor Penoyer, ot Oregon Wall | came very boisterous. When Judge Weems. bh Senator Tully read the papers Hines seized a ‘ heavy glass paper weight and would Salem, Ore., March 6.—The leg-|have struck the judge on the head islature having vg ete =| with it had not he been seized, He} to Senator itche al lerward anal] REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, Being Held Today Cor ahlenburg became deranged, THE NEW AMBASSADOR, w APPOINT. < at te sat th throw cessor United States euate, tt Gevory who wor » in the wall Governor Penoyer to Gill the vacancy | ventilation hc Dy appointment. He will probably eshowed that he bad | act with dispatch and it is expected /to be watched all the time to keep) will name the Senator early next] him from killing some ag W'CARTY ARRESTED. HUNT CONFIDENT, | Well Enough to Have A War- rant Served. | Holt and Boyle Working Hard Blackburn Will “Be Dah Frankfort, March 6.—THunter's friends claim he will be elected on the first ballot for nited States senator. Friends of Holt and Boyle are putting in their best licks for their respective candidates and deny that Dr. Hunter has a cine hon the nomination. Boyle ¢ Jaims still tobe the caucus nominee and therefore en- titled to the votes of all Re ‘cans, Hunter's friends claim p) sufficient to insure the Doe tors elec- tion on fir ballot. Ex county, and had a dispute over @ Blackburn will arrive Sand PT ee weeks act) MOCars ator Wood leaves for Washington being stabbed in the mele Ha bas this evening and will present his cre-] nce been unable to get out, and is dlentials to the senate on Monday, not yet able to attend court, although his condition is not dangerous. McCarty gave bond for his appear- and the case is set for next Jobn Mogers At Was Stabbed By | Rossington Sometime Ago. Constable Andersou Miller arrested Ledford McCarty yesterday on warrant charging him with engaging in a fight with Jobn Rogers, Both men live near Rossington, in the Well Known River Man, Cairo, Tl., Mareh Frank Clinton died of pneumonia at the | anc Marine Hospital today, He been in the hospital but a short time, going there in a serious condition. He was fifty-one years of age, He had been oD the riyer for thirty years. He has an uncle in Padueah ‘and relatives in Louisville. THE WRONG COUNTY. Joke on a McCracken County Stewart Dick's friends in the county are enjoying @ good joke at his expense. Day before yesterday he went out Two Loggers Drowned, Kinney, Ky., March 6,—Two men , ne hare as e das loggers in Jon an electioneering tour, As every- who Haounty for, some time, were} badly knows, he is a candidate for Groyned in the freshet yesterday, |county assessor. He had Charlie while trying to save their rafts. ! Their names are Bot known, neither} in the evening they drove up to where they are from. man on horse back, and the genial candidate banded him a card, A SCRAP AVERTED. declared, Pake|ritory. ‘This ts not MoCracken Ballard county.” This proved to be correct, ane Detective Wickliffe Won't ie Any Back Talk. Detective Wickliffe, of the citys} they had been electioneering out in y Brien, of Briensburg, COME} Rajlard county for some time ant an difticulty a day oF two gidn't know it. nsburg and Benton, Als and Lev near having ago between Brie ‘on the dirt road. Detective Wickliffe erith Sheriff Little when B He is an uncle of Noah Fran! who is charged with the murder | He of Daisy Sullivan, and arrested at the} leaves instance of the detective, Brien} dren. threateningly remarked that if Frank: | tomorr’ al Di Wicklitf aw of Died of Hemorrhage. Joe Campdell, & well known ston rien came] cutter, died today of hemorrhage © k-| the lungs at his home near the city was about 47 years old, an a second wife and two chi The funeral will take plac was riding up. lin, le ‘Thad Jacobs, nd know the weather is watm but don’t be deceived in thinking Spring has come. and all of March will be the hardest of this Winter. Order your Coal now. February hear The detective started after Brien, horse | and drove the detective away before cession by persistently rising. Phorobill drive him about, and along | are, a “You're a little off,” the farmer You are out of your ter- yw. ‘The deceased js a brother: | H E PADUCAH PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1897, : OWEN’S ISLAND, Some of the. Scenes Thereabout | his friends to back iim fipus wal as Pickler, It is said that the latter’s wife bas always borne an unsavory reputation and was her present husband's house keeper for some time before she married him, Her first husband, a man named Ellis, She drove insane by her conduct, according to reports, had him sent to the asylum, and then got a divorce. He has since died in the asylum. Workman, according to reports, does not deny being on intimate terms with the woman, and neither does she deny it. He was formerly in partnership with Picklor. A FLOOD. Men All Seem This Now, River to Fear Now. ONLY ONE ACRE OF LAND /ALL RIVERS ABOVE RISING. | si aE | Backing Rapidly Up, lississippi is On A Tear, And Left Uncovered By the Increasing Floods, | EVERYBODY PRE OICTING AN OVERFLOW. Convicts Escape. Two convicts escaped last Wednes- day morning from the K itentiary, but Henry P' Pierce, George and Eddie Holland caught them near Saratooga and brought them back and received the $200 reward. ale Two Cities, TWO CONTINUANCES, This STOCK BEING = RAPIDIY MOVED. The fear of another flood in Padu- leah is now widespread throughout | the city, and the belief that the water | will reach a higher stage than ever | before is prevalent among river men. Today large crowds of — people | thronged the small remaining portion of the levee, aud the following bulle- tin, posted at the boat stcre, was read by many curious eyes : The Ohio has about quit rising t this place, but as to the future, we are unable to prophesy. Heavy rains above have fallen and more wa- jter may be expected in next few days, The Mississippi is ‘‘tanked }up’’ and on a “tear.” Look out. “Hell's to pay Capt. Jim Owen took charge of the ferry boat Bettie Owen this morn- ing and carried her up to Owen's Is- land, where about twenty-five horses were driven on board the boat and broaght to the city to place them be- yond reach of the high water. Owen's Island is now entirely in- undated, with the exception of a large mound that was heaped up last year as aplace of refuge for cattle and hogs. It is about an Bud Barker and Barbara Ran-/acry square, and has a barn on it, kin’s Familiar Faces Seen. 100 fowl and 125 head of hogs. The will be left until the last moment Bud Barker and Barbara Rankin, | and the sowls will be kept in the up colured, were in the police court this} per p2rt of the barn morning charged with stealing $175] Capt. Owen also about 14,000 from Joseph Smith, of the county, at | bushels of cornffin ear which will be | the Mintetipp Ella Brown's resort. The case was | shelled into two big barges alongsile d Oaito appears. {0 bo not ready for trial, and was post-|the barn if the river gets much high- poned until Monday. er. Lit will require t feet more Ten feet w ‘en feet more of water} . to cover the mound the island, z the river to the stage] The commonwealth was not ready | which is now the only dry spot there in 1884, about fifty-four}in the case against Louis Cooper, 500 HOGSHEADS By tonight the gauge will|colored, and Frettie Yopp, white, is Allin the Police Court Today. which now contains over S. A. Fowner, Special Observer. The rivers above are all rising, but worse than this backing up doomed. will br reached feet. Removal of Tobacco From the} River Front Cella Had to Be Taken to @ Place of to Come Safety. . Within the past two or three days Have Sixty-fwoCars And |over 500 hogsheads of tobacco have been taki from the cellar of the} Western District Warehouse Co., at the foot of Jefferson street, and re- moved to places of safety in various ably register forty-five feet or} charged with breaking into the Bied- " erman Grocery Company’s slaughter Capt. Lambdin said today: ‘I ] house and stealing some hides, whict believe the river will be higher thanjwere sold to Baer, the hide man, ever before. All the rivers above | The case was continued until Monday are rising, and the water is pouring ” oe from the tributaries of the Missis- ne sippy aud the Father ot Waters her- BIG CIRCUS. self will soon be out of her banks, a The worst, in my opinion, is to ‘i come,’ vs Barnum & Bailey's Capt.Joe Fowler was seen, but was Here in May in no humor to prognosticate. ‘Go Kg de look at the bulletin board,’’ he sen- ee he tentiously said. ‘The prospects are | Will very bad, very bad.’’ r » Very Come From Memphis. There are some who take a differ- eee oe ent view of it, but the river itself dis- pels all assurance of a coming re- It is rather early to make circus announcements, but Paducah will | ther parts of the city. have one of the largest tent shows in] This was rendered imperative be- the world next Ma: cause the water is now several feet Today a contract was made with {deep in the cellar, and the job of the Illinois Central railroad to trans-|'@usporting sue a prodigious nun- THE GREAT BATTLE a oie port Harnum & Bailey's circus trom | ber ofthe heavy casks was not an Will Take Place About Noon |Memphis to Paducah on Monday, |@Y °°: Pd oo res the biggest 2 be , an te nd zanepertation of tobacco since the Pacific Time About 2 P, ve dt aie Ber ewat day, pert ee - . . sient ener 61984 teu ewo per ™ ou AFTE3 A REPORTER, foriances at Hopkinsville. Barnum & Bailey's this year is Messrs. Weille Kolley & Recelve /iarger than ever before, consisting of Western — [sixty-two cars, and will arrive in three sections. It has been some time since such a largo circus was in |Committee Comes Up Fi Paducah, and from now until the date mentioned above the inhabitants will no doubt anticipate it with the usual pleasure and expectation, In} j, Gets the Desired a few weeks blazing posters will adorn every accessible locality, and And when the circus comes to town there . will be hundreds and thousands to see it. Information u rom Me- . 186 tropolis. Nashville, Tenn., March 6, ‘97, Messrs, Kolley and Weille, Paducah Information ky. The Corbett Fitzsimmons — fight will take place between 11 a, m, and noon, Pacitic time, St. Patrick's day, March 17, probably nearer noon This will make it about 2 p. m., cen- tral time. J. Compren, Supt. Western Union, It will be seen t the promoters of this grand event are doing every- thing in their power to make things ile for all those who may at- tend The loop and ticker will be con- nected at the Opera House, The complete reports by rounds will he received on the stage and will be written on a large blackboard thirty two by 63 feet, so that all patrons can readily read the same, by re- The gallery will be lored people. Leaves Satis! unusual Rich Yesterday afternoon meeting was held at the mond Hotel ‘A committee from Metropolis, con. sisting of County Clerk Morris and Editor Phelan, came up to Padueah to call ona well newspaper reporter, snd find out what he meant jin an article a day or tw about wi lawyer of Metropolis who -i to Padaecah to gratify hosed hart opened at 17 curiasity to see feminine closed at 17's, ig |limbs when lady pedestrians were ys es pee At $8.35 TA cod to cross the streets on a damp and closed at $8.: ‘i day aL y eye ene at $4.20 and erie article stirred up quite a sen- closed st $490. 94.40 and | sation in Metropolis, and some of the al at $4. Vives at $4.40 and) cmbers of the bar were very indis closed at $4.40. eon nant. He soln oper abi 90;90 enn ie young man's name was read- a se . eipts, 327 care ily given, and there will be further Clearances 138,000 bushels, Jevelopments when the facts became known in Metropolis, H I ee 1,064 050 sort of “jackleg’? lawyer there eserve Dec, 964,050, in’ Padues Loan Inc, $4,452. 100, # ink to andere Specio Ine. $1,190,800. stand that such coduct as his was Legal Dec, $2,161,900. hot to be tolerated. ‘The feeling in Deposits Ine, $3,691,800. Metropolis towsrd him does not seem Cire’n Dec, $84,900, to he the best Yew MARKE (Reported Daily by Lacy Grain Company.) Chicago, IL, Mareh wheat opened at 76 point 76% ; closed at 7 May corn opened closed at 24%. 6. ) highest at 2415 te came and 1 nis y seated, for the maini resery AME CALL HER MeNeal Objects to This. Fannie MeNeal, colored, com-) plained at police headquarters this jworuing that she was annoyed day and night hy people wha pass and call her name. She said Joe Jobn- son, colored, was one of them, but » she did not know who the others And Fanme be a He bi since the tice not been seen gave TON POSTOF FICE, The Fight Is On and Interc sting. The ‘Tribune’ say: “Geo. W. Riley, representing the people, and J. Wesley Cole, representing the po- litical ‘machine,’ are the pricipal as~ pirants for the Benton postoffice.’’ Keepers! | Kut we are informed that ‘‘there are jothers."" Dr. R. H. Starks has an excellent show for the plabe. The aspirants will soon come to some conclusion and all withdraw but one and a Marshall county man says what they will do to Cole will be a plenty PHB BE NEHD MORE CREWS, It Grows promised to send fF ano is Marshal Collins a policeman out to see that she molested no more. Business Continues to Boom on the LC, Two more locomotives with freight crews left the city this morning for Fulton to assist in getting the heavy business out of there. This makes fifteen crews pulled off of other divisions to handle the rash on the Mississippi division, and ia- stead of dimini the business seems to increase WORKMAN’S SIDE. t Brooklyn Sale Muss Thickens, 1 The 1) John Workman, the Brooklyn sa- loon keeper, is all broken up over the trouble with Jim Pickler and his wife. o Heavy Storm in Ballard. DAILY SUN. Official Newspaper of the City. TEN CENTS A WEEK OF A KIND. RANGES! THREE ON ITOR ; ARQUART’ AJESTIC“ oe M “Wanted. Turned Ov had a narrow escape across the river {is said to] ye skiff and found two cows on a straw pile left alongside a wheat thresher, The water was up all around. them, t ii "The latter, it will probably be re- membered, bas brought suit at Me- d | tropolis against Workman for $10,000 |- | damages, and a suit against his wife ve | for divorce ‘There are two and Workman of A severe storm occurred at Ingle- Ballard county, Recovered the Horse. The horse M. Hunt swapped with gypsy named Watson in Mechan: \icsburg was gotten in Lilinols yester- ‘day by Sam Gholaon and brought ack today, ¢ side, last ‘Yrees were uprooted, Jown and fences destroyed, but ives were lo: s barns blown no sides to this affair, has his story, and i on hand and can give your order prompt attention. Barry &\Henneberger, night before} | | ‘Hicks’? says the latter part of We have a big stock always Tel. 7O. Anthracite $ to Kentucky today and had bis horse and buggy | Anderson Miller, on a debt of 8: owed Pet come up at Squire Hartley’s court, HARD TO BEAT. te ) P Possibly you are fot intercategfn Ranges probably you thi you cant afford to Range. All we agk is for v ou to look at our and get prices, interest you to your interest to be interested GEO. O. HART & SON, HARDWARE AND STOVE C INCORPORATED. 08 307 "Broadway. 109-117 N. Third Street. Man — To 6 Sr oe ey a nice pair of shées, and naturall its one that is noted for style,-quality, fit and wear. To get these qualities he should be careful and select the house that has the reputation forall. from ONE to FIVE DOLLARS at GEO. ROCK & SON. You can get them TH BAATTBR HAS RECEIVED HIS Spring Stock ee, Hats and Furnishing 327 BROADWAY. Goods. ALMOST ] é | Until after the Glorious it the Cows Were raw INauguration srian’s Will Thompson and a compani They pulled across in s vut the hovines were rescued after he skiffs were alimast turned over lu werd And to give every one a cance to,ge? GOOD SHOES and DRY GOODS for very little money, we wilf continue to slash prices untilot St. Patrick’s Day “s* Morning” “Now is the accepted sime"Ho call onzusYfor Cheap Shoes and Fine Shoes Dry Gobdsvand/Furnishing Goods. MONEY TALKS Kelly’s famous Impressively at our store. We mu: room for Spring Goods. All Co igar Nelson Soule’8_~>\ INO. e DORIAN Drug Store, 205 Broadway, Opposite Lang Bros,’ Drug Store go ge per bu. ue Horse and Buggy Attached, Ford Turner, of Illinois, came over attached by Con Reeves. The case will st pave a lot of stock to make are_séquested to attend this bargain 6.— SF 8.25 ton 9